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Insert for Indwelling Tracheo-Esophageal Prosthesis

Kansas rates for HCPCS L8511

Insert for indwelling tracheo-esophageal prosthesis, with or without valve, replacement only, each

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Insert for Indwelling Tracheo-Esophageal Prosthesis cost?

$70.79

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $70.79 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $66.07 from a physician practice, and about $70.79 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$66.07$45.71 to $77.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$70.79$67.61 to $70.79

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $71 · 10th to 90th $66 to $76Professionalmedian $66 · 10th to 90th $44 to $78
$50$100$200$500facility $71professional $66

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$66.07
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$69.18
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$407.38
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$60.26
4 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$13.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$9.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$6.61

Where Kansas sits

The same service costs 2.0 times more in Montana than in South Carolina. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Kansas· 14th of 51

$70.79

MT $93.33SC $46.77

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.